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American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a secular, private, independent, university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionary Daniel Bliss in 1866. The name was changed to the American University of Beirut on...
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